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Reliance, Sibur to make butyl rubber in India
Added: 17 May 2010
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Mumbai, India - Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), India's largest private sector…

EU car registration rally ends
Added: 17 May 2010
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Brussels, - New passenger car registrations in Europe fell by 7.4 percent in …

Continental approves high vinyl S-SBR from Voronezhsintezkauchuk
Added: 17 May 2010
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Voronezh, Russia - Voronezhsintezkauchuk said it has started industrial produc…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 May 2010)
Added: 17 May 2010
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Re…

ECHA publishes guidance on waste and recycling
Added: 17 May 2010
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Helsinki, Finoland - EChA, the European Chemicals Agency charged with implemen…

Japan's industrial fibre plants at 50 percent capacity
Added: 17 May 2010
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Dublin, Ireland -- Textiles Intelligence has published a new report titled, S…

At Engel symposium, suppliers explore changing LSR market
Added: 17 May 2010
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Corona, California -- The liquid-silicone-rubber market is evolving, with adv…

Mystery bidder wants to reopen Denman
Added: 17 May 2010
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Youngstown, Ohio -- GCA Tire LLC, an as-yet unidentified entity, has notifie…

Bridgestone changes top procurement roles
Added: 17 May 2010
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Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp has appointed Masahito Tsuji to the position of vice …

Lanxess starts construction on first Russian plant
Added: 17 May 2010
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Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess AG is beginning construction on its first pro…

Lanxess breaks ground on Singapore butyl plant
Added: 17 May 2010
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Singapore - Lanxess has broken ground for the construction of a new butyl rub…

Malaysia's NR on the rise, at last
Added: 14 May 2010
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Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's production of NR in March was up by over 48 percent …

Just Auto publishes report on tyre industry
Added: 14 May 2010
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London -- Just Auto has published a new report titled, Global market review of…

Bridgestone to expand plant in Indonesia
Added: 14 May 2010
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Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp. is to invest around yen 4300 million (euro 37 millio…

Pirelli allows bikers to personalise their tyres
Added: 14 May 2010
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Milan, Italy - Pirelli has introduced a new range of adhesive stickers which c…

US company claims 'Camber' tyre is as important as the radial
Added: 14 May 2010
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Wales, Wisconsin - Optima Sports LLC, a Wisconsin-based automotive and sports …

Short report published on Cabot Corp.
Added: 14 May 2010
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Paris -- Global Markets Direct has published a new report titled, Cabot Corpor…

News from elsewhere on the web (14 May 2010)
Added: 14 May 2010
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Mystery bidder eyes reopening Denman Tire
Added: 14 May 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Youngstown, Ohio - GCA Tire L.L.C., an as-yet unidentified entity, has notifie…

Ferrari to cut jobs, idle plants on lower orders
Added: 14 May 2010
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TURIN (Bloomberg) -- Ferrari S.p.A. is seeking to idle production and eliminat…